The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10 kilometers is 6.21 miles.[2]

It was introduced at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm for men, and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for women.[3] It is no longer an Olympic event for women, having been changed to 20 km in 1999, though it is run in some international competitions.[3][4]

On May 28, 2000, Roman Rasskazov of Russia set a new 10-km race walk world record in Saransk in a time of 37:11.[5] The all-time women's 10-km race-walk record is held by Yelena Nikolayeva of Russia, at 41:04.[6]

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Athletics (sport)
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Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position, while the jumps, the simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most commonly competed sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay races and competitions which combine athletes performances for a team score, organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BCE. The rules and format of the events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th century. Most modern top level meetings are conducted by the International Association of Athletics Federations, the athletics meeting forms the backbone of the Summer Olympics. The foremost international athletics meeting is the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, other top level competitions in athletics include the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Athletes with a disability compete at the Summer Paralympics and the IPC Athletics World Championships. The word athletics is derived from the Ancient Greek ἀθλητής from ἆθλον or ἆθλος, initially, the term was used to describe athletic contests in general – i. e. sporting competition based primarily on human physical feats. In the 19th century, the term acquired a more narrow definition in Europe. This definition continues to be the most prominent one in the United Kingdom, furthermore, foreign words in many German and Roman languages which are related to the term athletics also have a similar meaning. In much of North America, athletics is synonymous with sports in general, the word athletics is rarely used to refer to the sport of athletics in this region. Track and field is preferred, and is used in the United States and Canada to refer to most athletics events, including racewalking, Athletic contests in running, walking, jumping and throwing are among the oldest of all sports and their roots are prehistoric. Athletics events were depicted in the Ancient Egyptian tombs in Saqqara, with illustrations of running at the Heb Sed festival, the Tailteann Games were an ancient Celtic festival in Ireland, founded around 1800 BCE, and the thirty-day meeting included running and stone-throwing among its sporting events. The original and only event at the first Olympics in 776 BCE was a running event known as the stadion. This later expanded to include throwing and jumping events within the ancient pentathlon, Athletics competitions also took place at other Panhellenic Games, which were founded later around 500 BCE. The Cotswold Olimpick Games, a festival which emerged in 17th century England. Annually, from 1796 to 1798, LOlympiade de la République was held in revolutionary France, the premier event of this competition was a running event, but various ancient Greek disciplines were also on display

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Russia
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Russia, also officially the Russian Federation, is a country in Eurasia. The European western part of the country is more populated and urbanised than the eastern. Russias capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world, other urban centers include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a range of environments. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, the East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, in 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of states, most of the Rus lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion. The Soviet Union played a role in the Allied victory in World War II. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the worlds first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the second largest economy, largest standing military in the world. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic, the Russian economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russias extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the producers of oil. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction, Russia is a great power as well as a regional power and has been characterised as a potential superpower. The name Russia is derived from Rus, a state populated mostly by the East Slavs. However, this name became more prominent in the later history, and the country typically was called by its inhabitants Русская Земля. In order to distinguish this state from other states derived from it, it is denoted as Kievan Rus by modern historiography, an old Latin version of the name Rus was Ruthenia, mostly applied to the western and southern regions of Rus that were adjacent to Catholic Europe. The current name of the country, Россия, comes from the Byzantine Greek designation of the Kievan Rus, the standard way to refer to citizens of Russia is Russians in English and rossiyane in Russian. There are two Russian words which are translated into English as Russians

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Racewalking
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Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although it is a race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. This is assessed by race judges, typically held on either roads or on running tracks, common distances vary from 3000 metres up to 100 kilometres. There are two racewalking distances contested at the Summer Olympics, the 20 kilometres race walk and 50 kilometres race walk, both are held as road events. The biennial IAAF World Championships in Athletics also features the three events. The IAAF World Indoor Championships featured 5000 m and 3000 m race walk variations, top level athletics championships and games typically feature 20 km racewalking events. Compared to other forms of racing, stride length is reduced. There are two rules that govern racewalking, the first dictates that the athletes back toe cannot leave the ground until the heel of the front foot has touched. Violation of this rule is known as loss of contact, the second rule requires that the supporting leg must straighten from the point of contact with the ground and remain straightened until the body passes directly over it. These rules are judged by the human eye. Athletes regularly lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride, which can be caught on film, athletes stay low to the ground by keeping their arms pumping low, close to their hips. If one sees a racewalkers shoulders rising, it may be a sign that the athlete is losing contact with the ground, what appears to be an exaggerated swivel to the hip is, in fact, a full rotation of the pelvis. Athletes aim to move the forward, and to minimize sideways motion in order to achieve maximum forward propulsion. Speed is achieved by stepping quickly with the aim of rapid turnover and this minimizes the risk of the feet leaving the ground. Strides are short and quick, with pushoff coming forward from the ball of the foot, world-class racewalkers can average under four and five minutes per kilometre in a 20-km racewalk. Races have been walked at distances as short as 3 kilometres —at the 1920 Summer Olympics—and as long as 100 km. The mens world record for the 50-mile race walk is held by Israeli Shaul Ladany, the modern Olympic events are the 20 km race walk and 50 km race walk. There are judges on the course to monitor form, three judges submitting red cards for violations results in disqualification

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Timothy Seaman
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Timothy Tim M. Seaman is an American race walker who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Seaman made a habit of winning the 5000 metres racewalk at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, on April 20,2004, he set the still standing American record in the 10-km walk at 39,22.7 in Storetveitmarsje, Norway. Seaman is currently the country, womens track and field. His wife Rachel Seaman is also an Olympic racewalker, world Fit Tim Seaman profile at IAAF Profile from USATF

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1912 Summer Olympics
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The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 22 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,408 competitors, including 48 women, with the exception of tennis and football and shooting, the games were held within a month with an official opening on 6 July. It was the last Olympics to issue solid gold medals and, with Japans debut, Stockholm was the only bid for the games, and was selected in 1909. The games were the first to have art competitions, womens diving, womens swimming, electric timing was introduced in athletics, while the host country disallowed boxing. Figure skating was rejected by the organizers because they wanted to promote the Nordic Games, United States won the most gold medals, while Sweden won the most medals overall. Following the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, the authorities in Sweden immediately sought to ensure that the games would be held there. There were two Swedish members of the International Olympic Committee at the time, Viktor Balck and Clarence von Rosen, the pair proposed to the Swedish governing bodies of athletics and gymnastics in order to ensure that they backed any potential bid. Support was given by the associations on 18 April 1909 for a bid to host the Olympics in Stockholm on the basis that suitable financial arrangements could be made. King Gustaf V was petitioned on 6 May 1909 following the publication of plans for the Stockholm bid that the expected cost of hosting the Games would be 415,000 kronor. The Government accepted the petition on behalf of the King and supported the bid, on 28 May, at the meeting of the IOC in Berlin, the Swedish representatives declared that they had full financial support for hosting the next Games in Stockholm. A deal was made with the German IOC representative on the basis that Berlin would host the 1916 Summer Olympics. Pierre de Coubertin spoke at the meeting about his concerns that Sweden should ensure that the Games take place, the Games were duly awarded to Sweden to host in Stockholm as the only nominated host city for the 1912 Summer Olympics. The news that Stockholm was to host the 1912 Olympics was received with enthusiasm by the Swedish public, the organizing committee took de Coubertins words to heart, and aimed to achieve an Olympic Games which removed those elements which detracted from earlier Games. The committee was elected in the autumn of 1909, with Balck voted as the President of the committee, the committees first meeting took place on 7 October, and on 11 October they delegated the arrangements for the individual branches of sports to the relevant governing bodies in Sweden. Altogether there were 187 members of these committees, the official invitation to compete in the Games was issued on 18 November 1910 to 27 countries, either directly or through their representative on the IOC. A further 15 countries were to have been invited, but as they had no IOC representatives, once the organizing committee for the Games received confirmation of the athletic associations in each of the 15 countries, they too were sent invitations. Some 61,800 entry forms were printed for the use of the various nations, free transport was arranged for the invited nations equipment, and a discount of 50 percent was arranged for competitors and delegates on the state run railway. A daily newspaper which covered the Olympics was arranged to be published during the Games

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1992 Summer Olympics
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The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event played in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992. The games were the first to be unaffected by boycotts since 1972, Barcelona is the second-largest city in Spain, and the birthplace of then-IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. The city was also a host for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, on October 17,1986, Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Games over Amsterdam, Belgrade, Birmingham, Brisbane, and Paris, during the 91st IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland. Barcelona had previously bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, but they ultimately lost to Berlin, at the Opening Ceremony Greek mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa sang Romiossini as the Olympic flag was paraded around the stadium. Alfredo Kraus later sang the Olympic Hymn in both Catalan and Spanish as the flag was hoisted, the Olympic flame cauldron was lit by a flaming arrow, shot by Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo. The arrow had been lit by the flame of the Olympic Torch, Rebollo overshot the cauldron as this was the original design of the lighting scheme. South Africa was allowed to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time since the 1960 Summer Olympics, after a long suspension for its apartheid policy. After a close race in the Womens 10,000 metres event, white South African runner Elana Meyer and black Ethiopian runner Derartu Tulu ran a victory lap together, hand-in-hand. Following its reunification in 1990, Germany sent a single, unified Olympic team for the first time since the 1964 Summer Olympics. As the Soviet Union had been dissolved in 1991, the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania sent their own teams for the first time since 1936, the other Soviet republics competed under the name Unified Team. These nations consisted of present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, the separation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia led to the Olympic debuts of Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Due to United Nations sanctions, athletes from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were not allowed to participate with their own team, however, some individual athletes competed under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Participants. Fermín Cacho won the 1,500 metres in his home country, chinese diver Fu Mingxia, age 13, became the youngest Olympic gold medalist of all time. In mens artistic gymnastics, Vitaly Scherbo from Belarus, won six gold medals, Scherbo tied Eric Heidens record for individual gold medals at a single Olympics, winning five medals in an individual event. In womens artistic gymnastics, Tatiana Gutsu took gold in the All-Around competition edging the United States Shannon Miller, russian swimmers dominated the freestyle events, with Alexander Popov and Yevgeny Sadovyi each winning two events. Sadovyi also won in the relays, evelyn Ashford won her fourth Olympic gold medal in the 4×100-metre relay, making her one of only four female athletes to have achieved this in history. The young Krisztina Egerszegi of Hungary won three individual swimming gold medals, in womens 200 metre breaststroke, Kyoko Iwasaki of Japan won a gold medal at age of 14 years and six days, making her the youngest-ever gold medalist in swimming competitions at the Olympics. After demonstrated in six previous Summer Olympic Games, baseball became an Olympic sport

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Saransk
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Saransk is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, the Russian fortress Atemar, founded in 1641, took its name from a nearby Mordvin village, at the time the fortress stood on the southeastern frontier of the Tsardom of Russia. The current name, Saransk, refers to the situation on the Saranka river. Soon after its founding, the city became an important trade center for nearby Erzya villagers, after 1708 Saransk was assigned to Azov Province, and later to the Kazan Governorate. In 1780 the settlement was granted town status and was again transferred, in 1928 Saransk become the administrative center of the newly established Mordvin National Okrug, which became the Mordovian Autonomous Oblast in 1930. Soviet planners reconstructed the old city center in the 1960s and 1970s, adding wide streets, Saransk is the capital of the republic. As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Saransk is incorporated as Saransk Urban Okrug, Saransk has a relatively chilly version of the humid continental climate with warm but not hot summers and cold winters, that averages well below freezing for five months of the year. Transition periods are short and only April and October are between 0 °C and 10 °C in mean temperatures. Industrial activity in Saransk includes the production of cables, chemical production, textile manufacturing, food processing, machine building. The city has two power stations. The city has the confectionery plant Lamzur, Saransk is by far the largest city in Mordovia and accounts for 34. 3% of the total population of the republic. Ethnic Russians form the majority of the population, and Russian, the population started to grow again in 2009. The city is home to Mordovian State University as well as several technical colleges. Saransk has three Orthodox Churches and also a small Lutheran Church provided by the Finnish Lutheran Church and opened in 2005, the main cathedral in Saransk is Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov, which was completed in 2006. The first theatrical season was opened with the plays «Poverty is No Vice» by Alexander Ostrovsky, the plays were directed by Nina Grigorskaya and Boris Brilliantov, the directors of the Maly Theatre. During the World War II it was free for everyone who wanted to come, the most popular plot was the Russian Civil War. Since 1950-s the theatre has presented mostly the classical Russian plays, such as «Anna Karenina», since 2006 the theatre has hosted the International festival «Compatriots». Now it is situated in Sovetskaya Street,60, the present director of the theatre is Sergey Igonkin

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Erik Tysse
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Erik Tysse is a Norwegian race walker. He has competed at four editions of the World Championships in Athletics and represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics and he began his international career at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics, and finishing in 17th place at his first major event – the 2002 European Athletics Championships. He finished ninth in the mens 20 km race at the 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and he was one of the top performers on the circuit in 2007 and finished second in the rankings in the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge that year. Tysse improved upon his past performance, finishing in place at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. Repeating his 2008 victory, he won the 2010 Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica meeting in Rio Maior and he stated his intent to reach the podium at the upcoming 2010 European Athletics Championships. Tysse is the brother of Kjersti Plätzer and is coached by her husband Stephan Plätzer. On 8 July 2010 Tysse was suspended from all competitions, after findings of CERA in his blood tests from Sesto San Giovanni in Italy and he received a two-year ban for doping and the sanction was confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The ban ended 7 July 2012, erik Tysse profile at IAAF Profiles of 2007 World Championships athletes - Norwegian Athletics Association

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Hildesheim
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Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with almost 100,000 inhabitants. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, the settlement around the cathedral very quickly developed into a town and was awarded market rights by King Otto III in 983. Originally the market was held in a street called Old Market which still exists today, the first market place was laid out around the church St. Andreas. When the city grew further, a market place became necessary. The present market place of Hildesheim was laid out at the beginning of the 13th century when the city had about 5,000 inhabitants, when Hildesheim obtained city status in 1249, it was one of the biggest cities in Northern Germany. For four centuries the clergy ruled Hildesheim, before a city hall was built, construction of the present City Hall started in 1268. In 1367 Hildesheim became a member of the Hanseatic League, a war between the citizens and their bishop cost dearly in 1519-1523 when they engaged in a feud. Hildesheim became Lutheran in 1542, and only the cathedral and a few buildings remained in imperial hands. Several villages around the city remained Catholic as well, in 1813, after the Napoleonic Wars, the town became part of the Kingdom of Hanover, which was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia as a province after the Austro-Prussian War in 1866. In 1868 a highly valuable trove of about 70 Roman silver vessels for eating and drinking, the city was heavily damaged by air raids in 1945, especially on 22 March. 28. 5% of the houses were destroyed and 44. 7% damaged. 26. 8% of the houses remained undamaged, the centre, which had retained its medieval character until then, was almost levelled. As in many cities, priority was given to building of badly needed housing. Fortunately, most of the churches, two of them now UNESCO World Heritage Sites, were rebuilt in the original style soon after the war. During the war, valuable world heritage materials had been hidden in the basement of the city wall, in 1978, the University of Hildesheim was founded. In the 1980s a reconstruction of the centre began. Some of the concrete buildings around the market place were torn down. In the fall of 2007, a decision was made to reconstruct the Umgestülpter Zuckerhut, in 2015 the town celebrates 1200 years from 815 to 2015 with the Day of Lower Saxony

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Beijing
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Beijing is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China and the worlds third most populous city proper. It is also one of the worlds most populous capital cities, the city, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by population after Shanghai and is the nations political, cultural. It is home to the headquarters of most of Chinas largest state-owned companies, and is a hub for the national highway, expressway, railway. The citys history dates back three millennia, as the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has been the political centre of the country for much of the past eight centuries. Beijing was the largest city in the world by population for much of the second millennium A. D, the city is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, parks, gardens, tombs, walls and gates. Its art treasures and universities have made it centre of culture, encyclopædia Britannica notes that few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as China. Siheyuans, the traditional housing style, and hutongs, the narrow alleys between siheyuans, are major tourist attractions and are common in urban Beijing. The city hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics and was chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, many of Beijings 91 universities consistently rank among the best in China, of which Peking University and Tsinghua University are ranked in the top 60 universities in the world. Beijings Zhongguancun area is known as Chinas Silicon Valley and Chinas center of innovation. According to the 2016 InterNations Expat Insider Survey, Beijing ranked first in Asia in the subcategory Personal Finance Index, expats live primarily in urban districts such as Dongcheng and Chaoyang in the east, or in suburban districts such as Shunyi. Over the past 3,000 years, the city of Beijing has had other names. The name Beijing, which means Northern Capital, was applied to the city in 1403 during the Ming Dynasty to distinguish the city from Nanjing, the English spelling is based on the pinyin romanisation of the two characters as they are pronounced in Standard Mandarin. Those dialects preserve the Middle Chinese pronunciation of 京 as kjaeng, the single Chinese character abbreviation for Beijing is 京, which appears on automobile license plates in the city. The official Latin alphabet abbreviation for Beijing is BJ, the earliest traces of human habitation in the Beijing municipality were found in the caves of Dragon Bone Hill near the village of Zhoukoudian in Fangshan District, where Peking Man lived. Homo erectus fossils from the date to 230,000 to 250,000 years ago. Paleolithic Homo sapiens also lived more recently, about 27,000 years ago. Archaeologists have found neolithic settlements throughout the municipality, including in Wangfujing, the first walled city in Beijing was Ji, a city from the 11th to 7th century BC

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Wajima, Ishikawa
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Wajima is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on March 31,1954, as of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 31,532 and a population density of 74 persons per km². The total area is 426.25 km², on February 1,2006, the town of Monzen was merged into Wajima. On March 25,2007, the 2007 Noto earthquake caused one death, injuries, Wajima has a humid subtropical climate with very warm summers and cool winters. Precipitation is quite heavy throughout the year, the town is known within Japan for its lacquerware, called Wajima-nuri. There are artifacts showing lacquer was used to decorate and strengthen a shrine door from the 14th century, Wajima-nuri uses a technique that is unique to the area, mixing a finely powdered mineral, jinoko, with the lacquer in the early stages of production. Jinoko adds extra durability to Wajima-nuri items, the rougher, earlier layers are then coated with more layers of finer lacquer, which is then polished to a lustrous shine, and often decorated with designs made of gold and other precious materials. The lacquer tree was abundant in the area, but is now scarce. The Wajima Morning Market is open every day except the 2nd Wednesday, opening Hours are from 8,00 - Noon. Visitors can stroll freely through the stalls of fresh seafood, lacquerware. Senmaida is one of the most scenic places in Ishikawa, there are actually 1004 fields which are either owned and tended to by families, or rented out and looked after by the locals. Senmaida is beautiful in each of the four seasons and visitors can view it from above, or take a leisurely stroll through the fields below. Each year in the last week of September two lucky couples will be drawn from a lottery to have their wedding ceremony take place at Senmaida. The event is open to the public to view and is a memorable experience. As a memorial to the Noto earthquake, a tradition of lighting the fields began, the lanterns are installed at the end of September and are left up through March when work on the fields begins again. The fields remain lit for about four hours after sunset, wajimas museum of Kiriko lanterns is open every day of the year from 8, 00am to 5, 00pm Entry is 600 yen for adults,430 yen for high school students and 350 yen for elementary school students. Every year from August 22 till the 25th Wajima comes alive with its famous 4-day festival, visitors can watch huge Kiriko lanterns and smaller paper lanterns being carried through the streets along with portable shrines called omikoshi. Visitors can also eat all sorts of delicious foods, listen to Taiko drums being played

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Nathan Deakes
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Nathan Deakes is an Australian former race walker. Deakes trained with the Australian Institute of Sport, by performances, Deakes is Australias best and most successful ever race walker, winning several international medals and holding many Australian and World Records. He was the 2006 Australian Male Athlete of the year, Australias most prestigious sporting award across all sports and he won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is a four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. He also won medals at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games. He was also among the leading duo at the Athens Olympics in the 50 km walk and he won the gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka in the 50 km walk. To cap off a successful 2007, Deakes was crowned 2007 Telstra Male Athlete of the Year for the second time. He also broke the 50 km walk world record on 2 December 2006 at the Australian 50 km Road Walking Championships in Geelong, recording a time of 3,35.47 and this bettered race walking great Robert Korzeniowskis previous world record of 3,36.03. He is also 4th all-time for the 20 km walk,1,17.33, Deakes also won the last edition of the Goodwill Games in Brisbane 2001. He beat a field consisting of the current Olympic Champion, Robert Korzeniowski. On 21 July 2008 Deakes announced that he would withdraw from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and his last competitive outing came at the 2012 London Olympics, where he finished 22nd in the 50 km walk. He retired from the sport officially in February 2013, and became a Board Member soon after for Athletics Australia, statistics sports-reference Official website Nathan Deakes profile at IAAF

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Robert Korzeniowski
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Robert Korzeniowski is a Polish former racewalker. He won four medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships. Korzeniowski is a winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He won 1996 in Atlanta,2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens, in addition, he became the first athlete to claim both the long distance and the short distance crown, when he won the 20 km title at the 2000 games. Born in Lubaczów, Korzeniowski is the brother of fellow Olympic athlete and he won world championship titles in 1997,2001, and 2003. He won two times a European Championship in Budapest 1998 and in Munich 2002 and he is also the former world record holder in the 50 kilometers race. He retired after the 2004 Games and became involved in various roles at the International Olympic Committee. He was also the coach and mentor of former world record-holder Paquillo Fernández, since 2005 he worked for Polish Public Television as a chief of sport department and in 2007 he became a General Manager of TVP Sport, a new specialized channel in Poland. On 6 November 2009 he announced his resignation, for his sport achievements, Korzeniowski received the Order of Polonia Restituta, Knights Cross in 1996, Officers Cross in 2000, Commanders Cross in 2004. Polish records in athletics 2002 Race Walking Year Ranking Official website IOC tribute Robert Korzeniowski profile at IAAF

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Sochi
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Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Black Sea coast near the border between Georgia/Abkhazia and Russia. The area of the city proper is 176.77 square kilometers, according to the 2010 Census, the city had a permanent population of 343,334, up from 328,809 recorded in the 2002 Census, making it Russias largest resort city. Being part of the Caucasian Riviera, it is one of the few places in Russia with a subtropical climate, with warm to hot summers. It will also be one of the host cities for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Greater Sochi is elongated along the Black Sea coast for 145 kilometers. Sochi is in the north of Western Asia, falling on the side of the Greater Caucasus. Sochi is approximately 1,603 kilometers from Moscow, from the southwest, it is bordered by the Black Sea. The vast majority of the population of Sochi lives in a strip along the coast and is organized in independent microdistricts. The biggest of these microdistricts, from the northwest to the southeast, are Lazarevskoye, Loo, Dagomys, central Sochi, Khosta, Matsesta, the whole city is located on the slopes of the Western Caucasus which descend to the Black Sea and are cut by the rivers. The biggest rivers in Sochi are the Mzymta, which is in fact the longest Black Sea tributary in Russia, other rivers include the Ashe, the Psezuapse, the Sochi, the Khosta, and the Matsesta. The Psou River makes the border with Abkhazia, the northeastern part of the city belongs to the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve which is a World Heritage Site spanning vast areas in Krasnodar Krai and Adygea. Almost the whole area of the Greater Sochi, with the exception of the coast, Sochi has a humid subtropical climate with mild winters in the period from December to March and warm summers in the period from May to October. From the 6th to the 11th centuries, the area belonged to the kingdom of Lazica. The Christian settlements along the coast were destroyed by the invading Göktürks, Khazars, Mongols, the northern wall of an 11th-century Byzantine basilica still stands in the Loo Microdistrict. Provision of weapons and ammunition from abroad to the Circassians caused a conflict between the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom that occurred in 1836 over the mission of the Vixen. The Russians had no detailed knowledge of the area until Baron Feodor Tornau investigated the route from Gelendzhik to Gagra. At the outbreak of the Crimean War, the garrison was evacuated from Navaginsky in order to prevent its capture by the Turks, who effected a landing on Cape Adler soon after. The last battle of the Caucasian War took place at the Godlikh river on March 18,1864 O. S. where the Ubykhs were defeated by the Dakhovsky regiment of the Russian Army. On March 25,1864, the Dakhovsky fort was established on the site of the Navaginsky fort, the end of Caucasian War was proclaimed at Kbaade tract on June 2,1864, by the manifesto of Emperor Alexander II read aloud by Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia

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Podolsk
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Podolsk is an industrial city, center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River. Population,187,961,180,963,209,178,183,000,129,000,72,000, before the Revolution of 1917, Podolsk was among one of the most industrialized cities in Russia. A Singer factory producing sewing machines was established here, in 1971, Podolsk was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. In the Soviet times, Podolsk was one of the giants in Moscow Oblast. At that time, there were more than seventy factories operating in the city, most of the citizens were working at these plants. Podolsk is the site of the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defense, within the framework of administrative divisions, Podolsk serves as the administrative center of Podolsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Podolsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Podolsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Podolsk Urban Okrug, Podolsk is twinned with, There are also plans to sign sister city agreements with, Beni Mellal, Morocco Koper, Slovenia Petrozavodsk, Russia Nikolai Potapov, professional boxer

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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only, the athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced, as the 5 mile event was eliminated, the 400 metre hurdle event made a brief disappearance, making the 1912 Olympics the only time that event was not held since its introduction in 1900. The 4x100 and 4x400 relays replaced the medley relay while the race was shortened from 3 miles to 3000 metres. The decathlon, which had held in 1904 but not in 1908. Steeplechasing was eliminated, while racewalking was cut from 2 events to 1 with the 10 kilometre replacing the 10 mile, the 1908 experiments of the Greek-style discus and the restricted javelin were replaced with two-handed throwing, for the shot put, discus, and javelin. Cross-country events, both for the individual and the team, were introduced, the competitions were held from Saturday, July 6,1912 to Monday, July 15,1912. 556 athletes from 27 nations competed, egypt was the only nation not to compete in athletics

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Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Canada competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 30 events in 7 sports and it was the second time the nation had competed in swimming, after similarly sending one swimmer to the 1908 Summer Olympics. George Hodgson won Canadas first Olympic swimming medals by taking the gold medals in both of his events, setting records in each as well. Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat, men 18 athletes competed for Canada in 1912. It was the fourth appearance in athletics, having competed in the sport each time the nation appeared at the Olympics. For the fourth time, Canada won exactly one athletics gold medal. Calvin Bricker and Duncan Gillis added silver medals in the jump and discus throw. William Halpenny earned one of the three medals in the pole vault. The 4x100 metre relay team briefly held the Olympic record in that new event, ranks given are within that athletes heat for running events. It was the appearance of the nation in cycling, in which Canada had previously competed in 1908. Frank Brown had the best time in the trial, the only race held. Because Canada had fewer than four cyclists, the nation was not entered in the time trial event. Two divers, both men, represented Canada and it was Canadas second appearance in diving. Robert Zimmerman, who had previously been Canadas lone diver in 1908, improved upon his performance in advancing to the final. It was the third appearance in rowing. It was the second appearance in shooting, the 1912 team was much smaller and less successful than the 1908 squad

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Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 274 competitors,264 men and 10 women, took part in 79 events in 16 sports, British athletes won ten gold medals and 41 medals overall, finishing third. Three divers, including one woman, represented Great Britain, the inclusion of Isabelle White on the British team made Great Britain one of three nations (along with Austria and host Sweden to send a woman to the first Olympic diving competition open to women. It was Great Britains second appearance in diving, White was the only diver to win a medal for the nation, giving Great Britain its first diving medal. Each of the men advanced to the final in one event, rankings given are within the divers heat. 18 swimmers, including six women, competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Games and it was the third time the nation had competed in swimming. The British women won the medal in the relay event. The men took a total of four medals, two silver and two bronze, with both coming from Hatfield. Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat, men Women Great Britain made its third appearance in Olympic water polo in 1912. The British squad had won the medal in both of its prior appearances, in 1908 and 1900. They remained true to form, winning all three matches in 1912 to take their gold medal. The toughest match of the tournament for the British side was the first one, the luck of the draw was that the matches got easier from there, with the British team beating Sweden 6–3 in the semifinals and Austria 8–0 in the final. Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 65 athletes represented Great Britain and it was the fifth appearance of the nation in athletics, which Great Britain had competed in at each Games. The team finished with two medals, one silver, and five bronzes. Ranks given are within that athletes heat for running events, twenty-six cyclists represented Great Britain,24 of the 26 finished the race. It was the appearance of the nation in cycling. Frederick Grubb had the best time in the trial, the only race held. For the team competition, Great Britain was allowed to have each Home Nation compete separately and entered teams representing England, Scotland, Grubb, along with the next three fastest English cyclists, had a combined time that won another silver medal

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Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Italy competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It was Italys second appearance in diving, with Carlo Bonfanti being the only diver both in 1912 and 1908. Bonfanti did not reach the final in either of his two events, rankings given are within the divers heat. Two swimmers competed for Italy at the 1912 Games and it was the third time the nation appeared in swimming, and both swimmers had previously competed in 1908. Neither Massa nor Baiardo was able to advance to an event final, massas second-place finish in his initial heat of the 100 metre freestyle was the only race in which either was not eliminated. Massa did not appear for his race, but was allowed to compete in the semifinals. Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat and it was the nations third appearance in athletics. Fernando Altimanis bronze medal in the 10 kilometre racewalk was Italys best result, ranks given are within that athletes heat for running events. It was the appearance of the nation in fencing. Italys foilists did well, taking the gold and silver medals as well as having a third finalist, the medals were Italys first in individual amateur events. Nedo Nadi, the gold medalist in the foil, was also the only non-Hungarian to reach the final in the sabre and it was the third appearance of the nation in gymnastics. Italy entered six gymnasts in the competition, winning the gold and bronze medals. Alberto Braglia, the defending Olympic champion, was the champion again. The Italian team also entered one of the three team competitions to win their second gold of 1912. Italy was represented by six wrestlers in its second Olympic wrestling appearance, none of the six advanced past the fourth round, as the team compiled a combined record of 8-12. Italy at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Media related to Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

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Ugo Frigerio
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Ugo Frigerio was an Italian race walker. He competed in four events at the 1920,1924 and 1932 Olympics ranging from 3 to 50 km and he was the Olympic flag bearer for Italy in 1924 and 1932. Nationally Frigerio won nine race walking titles, in the 3 km,10 km, before the 3 km Olympic race in 1920 in Antwerp Frigerio gave pages of sheet music that he wanted to hear to the band playing at the competition venue. During the race he would scold the conductor when the band was deviating from its tempo, and chat to the public, Frigerio semi-retired after learning that race walking was excluded from the 1928 Summer Olympics. He resumed training in 1931 to prepare for the 1932 Games and he won a bronze medal and retired for good, becoming a sports administrator. In 1934, he wrote an autobiography titled Marciando nel nome dell’Italia, list of multiple Olympic gold medalists FIDAL Hall of Fame Ugo Frigerio at Sports Reference

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Italy at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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Italy competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 174 competitors,173 men and 1 woman, took part in 79 events in 18 sports and it was the nations third appearance in the sport. De Sanctis was unable to advance past the first round in either of his two events, men Ranks given are within the semifinal group. Four swimmers, all men, represented Italy in 1920 and it was the nations fourth appearance in the sport. None of the swimmers advanced to the finals, though the relay did advance before finishing fifth in the final. Ranks given are within the heat, men Italy competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the first time in 1920. The Bergvall System was in use at the time, Italy forfeited its round of 16 match with Spain, then was defeated by Greece in the bronze medal tournament. Round of 16 Italy forfeited the match, Bronze medal quarterfinals Final rank 11th 24 athletes represented Italy in 1920. It was the fourth appearance in athletics. Frigerio gave the nation its first gold medals in the sport by winning both of the racewalking competitions, italys long-distance successes also included a bronze in the marathon and a bronze in the steeplechase. Overall, the placed fourth on the athletics medals leaderboard. Ranks given are within the heat, Five boxers represented Italy at the 1920 Games. It was the debut in boxing. Garzena had the best performance for Italy, taking all three of the nations wins on his way to a bronze medal, twelve cyclists represented Italy in 1920. It was the third appearance in the sport. Italy took its first Olympic cycling medal when its team won the gold. Italy also had three cyclists place in the top eight of the 50 kilometres event, though none was able to secure a medal, Ranks given are within the heat. Ten equestrians represented Italy in 1920 and it was the nations second appearance in the sport

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United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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The United States competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 288 competitors,274 men and 14 women, took part in 113 events in 18 sports, further information,1920 Summer Olympics medal table Fourteen divers, seven men and seven women, represented the United States in 1920. It was the fourth appearance in the sport, the United States was the only nation to have competed at each Olympic diving contest to that point. The Americans won their first gold medals in the sport since 1904, the team swept both the mens and womens springboard events, and added a gold and a bronze in the mens platform. Pinkston was the only diver from any nation in 1920 to win multiple medals, men Ranks given are within the semifinal group. Women Ranks given are within the semifinal group, twenty-two swimmers, sixteen men and six women, represented the United States in 1920. It was the sixth appearance in the sport, the United States was the only nation to have competed in every Olympic swimming edition to that point. The Americans took eight of the ten gold medals, along with five silvers and this gave the team more than half of the available medals—16 out of 30, more than three times the next-best country. Eleven different Americans finished with at least one medal, the United States set five new world records and tied another. Kahanamoku set a new Olympic record in the quarterfinals of the 100 free, then tied the record twice in the semis. Ross took a pair of medals in the other two freestyle events. Kegeris briefly took the Olympic record in the 100 metre backstroke semifinals before Warren Kealoha broke the record in the second semifinal, Kealoha took gold. The relay team set a world record in winning the gold medal. Schroth, like Kegeris, briefly held an Olympic record in the 100 free before Bleibtrey broke the record in a later semifinal. Bleibtrey bettered her own new record, leading the American women to a sweep of the medals in that event, Bleibtrey took her second world record and second gold medal in the 300 free, as the Americans swept that event as well. Her third gold medal and third world record came as part of the 4x100 free relay team along with Schroth, Guest, Ranks given are within the heat. Men Women The United States competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the time in 1920. The Bergvall System was in use at the time, the Americans shut out Greece in the quarterfinals, advancing to the semifinals

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Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 234 competitors,218 men and 16 women, took part in 84 events in 21 sports, British athletes won fifteen gold medals and 43 medals overall, finishing third. Five divers, three men and two women, represented Great Britain in 1920 and it was the nations third appearance in the sport. Just as in 1912, the women had the better showing for the country, armstrong posted the countrys best result to that point, taking the silver medal in the platform. White, who had won Great Britains only previous medal in the sport, was unable to match her bronze from 1912, men Ranks given are within the semifinal group. Women Ranks given are within the semifinal group, eighteen swimmers, twelve men and six women, represented Great Britain in 1920. It was the fourth appearance in the sport. Great Britain won two medals, one in each of the relays, the men took bronze, while the women took silver. Jeans was the only individual finalist for the country, advancing to the finals in both of the events and taking fourth place each time. Ranks given are within the heat, men Women Great Britain competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the fourth time in 1920, the fifth appearance of the sport in the Olympics. Britain won its fourth gold medal in the sport, the Bergvall System was used in 1920. Great Britain won all three of its matches, taking the gold medal, quarterfinals Semifinals Final Final rank Gold 41 athletes represented Great Britain in 1920. It was the sixth appearance in athletics, having competed in the sport at every Olympics. With four medals of each type, Great Britain was the third most successful nation in athletics, behind the United States, Ranks given are within the heat. 16 boxers represented Great Britain at the 1920 Games and it was the nations second appearance in boxing. Great Britain was one of two countries to two boxers in each of the eight weight classes, along with the United States. The British boxers won a total of six medals, one more than Canada, thirteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1920. It was the fourth appearance in the sport

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Italy at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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Italy competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 200 competitors,196 men and 4 women, took part in 93 events in 18 sports, thirty-six athletes represented Italy in 1924. It was the fifth appearance in the sport. Frigerio successfully defended his title in the 10 kilometre walk, bertini took Italys only other athletics medal in 1924, finishing second in the marathon. Ranks given are within the heat, sixteen boxers represented Italy at the 1924 Games. It was the second appearance in the sport. Italy was one of four nations to have two boxers in each of the eight classes, Italy was the only one of those four to not win any boxing medals. Castellenghi and Saraudi advanced to the semifinals in their weight classes, ten cyclists represented Italy in 1924. It was the fourth appearance in the sport. Italy took a single cycling medal in 1924, successfully defending the championship in the team pursuit competition. Ranks given are within the heat, Ranks given are within the heat. A single diver represented Italy in 1924 and it was the nations fourth appearance in the sport. 1924 was the fourth consecutive Games in which Italy had sent a man in diving. Ranks given are within the heat, Men Five equestrians represented Italy in 1924. It was the third appearance in the sport. Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, the gold medalist in the individual jumping. The eventing team took bronze. It was the first time Italy finished without a gold medal

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Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Despite the name, athletes from the newly independent Irish Free State competed separately,267 competitors,239 men and 28 women, took part in 115 events in 18 sports. Sixty-five athletes represented Great Britain in 1924, with three gold medals and eleven total medals, the British athletes finished third in both counts behind the Americans and the Finns. Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, two of the British Olympic champions in the sport, would later be the subjects of the film Chariots of Fire for their competition in Paris, Liddell won the 400 metres, breaking the world record in the final. Abrahams took the medal in the 100 metres, matching the Olympic record in three of the four rounds. Lowe took the championship for Great Britain, in the 800 metres. The 4 ×100 metre relay team, including Abrahams, briefly took the world record, Ranks given are within the heat. Sixteen boxers represented Great Britain at the 1924 Games, Great Britain was one of four nations to have two wrestlers in each weight class and it was the nations third appearance in the sport. Mallins middleweight championship came after a win by disqualification and a bout against countryman Elliott in the final. Mitchell took the heavyweight crown without being bitten. Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1924, the most of any nation and it was the nations fifth appearance in the sport. The British cyclists took two silver and bronze in the 50 kilometres. Ranks given are within the heat, Ranks given are within the heat. Eleven divers, five men and six women, represented Great Britain in 1924 and it was the nations fourth appearance in the sport. Clarkes bronze in the high diving competition resulted in Great Britain winning a single medal for the third consecutive Games. Ranks given are within the heat, Men Women Six equestrians represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the second appearance in the sport, and first since 1912. Bowden-Smith matched the countrys best result to date with a finish in the jumping event

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South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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The Union of South Africa competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 30 competitors, all men, took part in 25 events in 7 sports, twelve athletes represented South Africa in 1924. It was the fifth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. It was the first time since 1904 that South Africa failed to win a gold medal in the sport. Ranks given are within the heat, four boxers represented South Africa at the 1924 Games. It was the second appearance in the sport. Smith took the gold in the bantamweight, ingram and Beland were beaten in the quarterfinals, while Eustice lost his first-round match. A single cyclist represented South Africa in 1924 and it was the nations fourth appearance in the sport. Kaltenbrunn, who had won the medal in the individual time trial in 1920. He also competed in the 50 kilometres on the track, but was not among the top seven places were recorded. Ranks given are within the heat, a single sailor represented South Africa in 1924. It was the debut in the sport. Seven sport shooters represented South Africa in 1924, men Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database

Athletics (sport)
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Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position, while the jumps, the simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for

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Athletics

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A copy of the Ancient Greek statue Discobolus, portraying a discus thrower

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The 100 metres sprint at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

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A typical track and field stadium with an oval running track and a grassy inner field

Russia
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Russia, also officially the Russian Federation, is a country in Eurasia. The European western part of the country is more populated and urbanised than the eastern. Russias capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world, other urban centers include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety

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Kievan Rus' in the 11th century

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The Baptism of Kievans, by Klavdy Lebedev

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Sergius of Radonezh blessing Dmitry Donskoy in Trinity Sergius Lavra, before the Battle of Kulikovo, depicted in a painting by Ernst Lissner

Racewalking
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Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although it is a race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. This is assessed by race judges, typically held on either roads or on running tracks, common distances vary from 3000 metres up to

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Racewalkers at the U.S. World Cup Trials in 1987

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Men's 20-km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. The walker at the right appears to be illegal in that both feet are off the ground, but according to the current rules, an infraction is only committed when the loss of contact is visible to the human eye.

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Shaul Ladany (center), in 1969

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Liu Hong flying in sight of the judges during Women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics where she won bronze

Timothy Seaman
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Timothy Tim M. Seaman is an American race walker who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Seaman made a habit of winning the 5000 metres racewalk at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, on April 20,2004, he set the still standing American record in the 10-km walk at 39,22.7 in Storetveitmarsje, Norway. Seaman is currently the country, w

1912 Summer Olympics
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The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 22 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,408 competitors, including 48 women, with the exception of tennis and football and shooting, the games were held within a month with an official open

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Games of the V Olympiad

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Baron Pierre de Coubertin wanted the 1912 Games to be "more dignified" than those of 1908.

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The front gate of the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, which was built for the 1912 Games.

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The Swedish team parading in the stadium during the opening ceremony

1992 Summer Olympics
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The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event played in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992. The games were the first to be unaffected by boycotts since 1972, Barcelona is the second-largest city in Spain, and the birthplace of then-IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. The

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The 1992 Summer Olympics allowed NBA players to participate in the basketball competition for the first time; here David Robinson shoots a free throw for the gold-medal winning United States "Dream Team".

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Games of the XXV Olympiad

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Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc

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Palau Sant Jordi and Montjuïc Communications Tower

Saransk
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Saransk is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, the Russian fortress Atemar, founded in 1641, took its name from a nearby Mordvin village, at the time the fortress stood on the southeastern frontier of t

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View of Saransk

Erik Tysse
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Erik Tysse is a Norwegian race walker. He has competed at four editions of the World Championships in Athletics and represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics and he began his international career at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics, and finishing in 17th place at his first major event – the 2002 European Athletics Championships

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Tysse at the 2015 European Race Walking Cup

Hildesheim
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Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with almost 100,000 inhabitants. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, the settlement around the cathedral very quickly developed into a town and was awarded market rights by King Otto III in 983. Originally the market was held

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Hildesheim Town Hall, c. 1895

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Spheric Panorama of the Market Place

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Bakers' Guild Hall and Butchers' Guild Hall in the Market Place

Beijing
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Beijing is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China and the worlds third most populous city proper. It is also one of the worlds most populous capital cities, the city, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing is the second larg

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Clockwise from top: Beijing CBD skyline, Tiananmen, Temple of Heaven, National Center for the Performing Arts, and Beijing National Stadium

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The museum at Zhoukoudian

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The Tianning Pagoda, built around 1120.

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Longevity Hill in Beijing where Kublai Khan wrote his poem.

Wajima, Ishikawa
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Wajima is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on March 31,1954, as of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 31,532 and a population density of 74 persons per km². The total area is 426.25 km², on February 1,2006, the town of Monzen was merged into Wajima. On March 25,2007, the 2007 Noto earthquake caused one d

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The market in Wajima

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Senmaida

Nathan Deakes
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Nathan Deakes is an Australian former race walker. Deakes trained with the Australian Institute of Sport, by performances, Deakes is Australias best and most successful ever race walker, winning several international medals and holding many Australian and World Records. He was the 2006 Australian Male Athlete of the year, Australias most prestigiou

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Nathan Deakes

Robert Korzeniowski
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Robert Korzeniowski is a Polish former racewalker. He won four medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships. Korzeniowski is a winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He won 1996 in Atlanta,2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens, in addition, he became the first athlete to claim both the long distance and the short distance c

Sochi
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Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Black Sea coast near the border between Georgia/Abkhazia and Russia. The area of the city proper is 176.77 square kilometers, according to the 2010 Census, the city had a permanent population of 343,334, up from 328,809 recorded in the 2002 Census, making it Russias largest resort city. Bein

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Plan of Fort Alexandria at the mouth of Sochi, which initiated the city of Sochi

Podolsk
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Podolsk is an industrial city, center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River. Population,187,961,180,963,209,178,183,000,129,000,72,000, before the Revolution of 1917, Podolsk was among one of the most industrialized cities in Russia. A Singer factory producing sewing machines was established here, in 1971, Podol

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Center of Podolsk

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only, the athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced, as the 5 mile event was eliminated, the 400 metre hurdle event made a brief disappearance, making the 1912 Ol

Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Canada competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 30 events in 7 sports and it was the second time the nation had competed in swimming, after similarly sending one swimmer to the 1908 Summer Olympics. George Hodgson won Canadas first Olympic swimming medals by taking the gold medals in both of h

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The team of Canada at the opening ceremony.

Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 274 competitors,264 men and 10 women, took part in 79 events in 16 sports, British athletes won ten gold medals and 41 medals overall, finishing third. Three divers, including one woman, represented Great Britain, the inclusio

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The team of Great Britain at the opening ceremony.

Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Italy competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It was Italys second appearance in diving, with Carlo Bonfanti being the only diver both in 1912 and 1908. Bonfanti did not reach the final in either of his two events, rankings given are within the divers heat. Two swimmers competed for Italy at the 1912 Games and it was the third ti

Ugo Frigerio
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Ugo Frigerio was an Italian race walker. He competed in four events at the 1920,1924 and 1932 Olympics ranging from 3 to 50 km and he was the Olympic flag bearer for Italy in 1924 and 1932. Nationally Frigerio won nine race walking titles, in the 3 km,10 km, before the 3 km Olympic race in 1920 in Antwerp Frigerio gave pages of sheet music that he

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Frigerio winning the 10 km walk at the 1920 Olympics

Italy at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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Italy competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 174 competitors,173 men and 1 woman, took part in 79 events in 18 sports and it was the nations third appearance in the sport. De Sanctis was unable to advance past the first round in either of his two events, men Ranks given are within the semifinal group. Four swimmers, all men, repr

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Italy won gold in the Men's team pursuit

United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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The United States competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 288 competitors,274 men and 14 women, took part in 113 events in 18 sports, further information,1920 Summer Olympics medal table Fourteen divers, seven men and seven women, represented the United States in 1920. It was the fourth appearance in the sport, the United States w

Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 234 competitors,218 men and 16 women, took part in 84 events in 21 sports, British athletes won fifteen gold medals and 43 medals overall, finishing third. Five divers, three men and two women, represented Great Britain in 1920

Italy at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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Italy competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 200 competitors,196 men and 4 women, took part in 93 events in 18 sports, thirty-six athletes represented Italy in 1924. It was the fifth appearance in the sport. Frigerio successfully defended his title in the 10 kilometre walk, bertini took Italys only other athletics medal in 1924, fin

Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Despite the name, athletes from the newly independent Irish Free State competed separately,267 competitors,239 men and 28 women, took part in 115 events in 18 sports. Sixty-five athletes represented Great Britain in 1924, with thr

South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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The Union of South Africa competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 30 competitors, all men, took part in 25 events in 7 sports, twelve athletes represented South Africa in 1924. It was the fifth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. It was the first time since 1904 that South Africa failed to win a gold medal in the sport. Ran

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Individual cross country race at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The left trio is Edvin Wide, Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi. Due to the hot weather (over 40 °C). Only 15 out of 38 competitors (elite long-distance runners) could finish the race.

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A men's cross country competition with a large leading pack in Minnesota, United States.

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Start of a typical cross country race as an official fires a gun to signal start.